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Martynia annua

Martynia annua which is commonly known as cat's claw, tiger's claw, or iceplant. However, the name 'iceplant' may also refer to members of the unrelated plant family Aizoaceae.

Uses

Epilepsy, Inflammation, Sore, Throat, Burns, Itching, Skin affections, Tuberculosis.

Parts Used

Flower, Seed pods

Chemical Composition

Qualitative phyto-chemical analysis of whole plant extracts of Martynia annua reveals the presence of glycosides, tannins, carbohydrates, phenols, flavonoids and anthocyanins.^[1]

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	ಹುಲಿ ಉಗುರು Huli Uguru,ಗರುಡ ಮೂಗು ಮುಳ್ಳು Garuda Mugu Mullu,ಹುಲಿ ನಖ Huli Nakha
Hindi	हाथाजोड़ी Hatha-jori,बाघनख Baghnakh,Hathajori,उलट-कांटा Ulat-kanta
Malayalam	Pulinakham,Kakka-chundu,പുലിനഖം Puli-nakham
Tamil	Chappotta
Telugu	Sima ippacettu
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit	काकनसा Kakanasa
English	Tiger-claw,Tiger's claw,Snake's head,Devil's claw

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Long shurb

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Simple	Cordiform	Opposite-decussate, Acute / Cordate, Sinuate

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Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Bisexual	Large	purple with yellow throat	In axillary or terminal racemes, Flowering throughout the year.	{{{5}}}

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
An ovoid drupe		2 apical curved beaks spilitting into 2 valves; seeds oblong	Mature Fruit Colour is Brown		{{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

Erect subshrubs to 1 m tall, glandular-hairy all over. Leaves 8-20 x 6-19 cm, broadly ovate to suborbicular, base cordate, margin sinuate-dentate, apex acute, chartaceous, palmately 5-nerved from base; petiole 8-14 cm long. Racemes 7-14- flowered, at the bifurcations of the branches; peduncle 4-8 cm long; pedicel 1-2 cm long; bracts 1-2 x 0.7-1 cm, broadly ovate, pale pink. Calyx lobes 5, greenish-white, 9-12 mm long; ovate-oblong. Corolla reddish-purple with yellow throat; tube 3-4 cm long; lobes rounded. Stamens 2; filaments white, c. 1 cm long; anther cells disjunct, superposed, longitudinally coherent with the opposite pair; staminodes 3. Fruits drupaceous, ovoid, flattened somewhat dorso-ventrally, ribbed, viscid-pubescent; endocarp 2-3 cm long, hard, black, with a hooked spine at tip.^[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Lowland forest, Coastal forests.

Photo Gallery

Leaves
Flowers
Fruit
Seed

References

External Links

Martynia annua

[chemical_composition-1] Chemical composition

[Leaf-2] Morphology

[How_to_plant.2Fcultivate-3] Cultivation Details

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 ==Chemical Composition==
-Qualitative  phyto-chemical  analysis  of  whole plant  extracts  of  Martynia  annua  reveals  the presence  of  glycosides,  tannins,  carbohydrates, phenols, flavonoids and anthocyanins. GC-MS studies  on  both  aqueous  and  alcohol  extract shows  the  presence  of  twenty  eight  compounds, out of which oleic acid, constitutes the major part. Other  major  biological  compounds  include pelargonidin-3-5-diglucoside,  cyanidin-3-galactoside,  p-hydroxy  benzoic  acid,  gentisic acid,  arachidic  acid,  linoleic  acid,  palmitic  acid, stearic  acid,  apigenin,  apigenin-7-o-glucuronide.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
+Qualitative  phyto-chemical  analysis  of  whole plant  extracts  of  Martynia  annua  reveals  the presence  of  glycosides,  tannins,  carbohydrates, phenols, flavonoids and anthocyanins.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
 ==Common names==